“She’s awake and feeding,” she told Seth, who gave her a compassionate look of understanding. “I’m sorry, but this may be the only way. You should be there when it is time,” he told her. “I will, my love.” Without another word, unwilling to say goodbye, Sara stepped off the wall and plummeted dow...
Mr. Parker says to me, in his bathrobe, standing in the kitchen where he’s offered me a cup of black coffee. I welcome it. In the other room, his wife is attempting to get a baby back to sleep. She doesn’t seem too concerned with me or with my investigation. I can’t say I blame her. It was a mist...
Nothing did. Except Will. Clutching his younger brother’s limp body in his hands he shook him vigorously, trying to get any sign of life out of him as tears streamed down his own face. “Breath, baby! C’mon, pumpkin, breathe for Sam!” Sam shouted over and over beside him as he fumbled with the cap...
Noah says definitively, as he takes to the driver’s door. “Not so fast,” I tell him, putting my hand on the door handle. “I need you to take a seat in the passenger’s side.” “Why?” Noah says, not amused, not letting any emotion escape his mask of a ...
I saw pictures of it in the newspapers—the images of utter destruction were more than I could bear. It was still so different, seeing things at a slower pace, and only through photographs, rather than videos, television, and radio. But at this point, it had been so long. The fog was beginning to ...
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